In Election Chaos, Mammoth Schools Try Again

Ironically, the ill-fated Mammoth School parcel tax has surfaced during this voting machine bedlam. Elections Manager Robles said she received a call that Mammoth Schools want a special election in November to re-try the parcel tax which failed by just 13 votes in June. Big question – on what will citizens vote?

Mammoth School Superintendent Mike DeRisi said that at the last School Board meeting the consultant on the parcel tax reported that there was a chance the tax might succeed at another election since the numbers of no votes were the same as in past elections in which measures succeeded.

DeRisi said that school board members heard from citizens that they couldn't vote or forgot to and were disappointed that the $59 parcel tax failed. With state funds for education somewhat shaky, Mammoth officials decided to hold another election. "Our consultants think its okay," said DeRisi. He said he has heard from enough citizens that the election should go again.

This time it will go in the midst of election system confusion.

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About Benett Kessler

Always interested in writing, Benett was the editor of her high school paper, proceeded to the University of Chicago and then out West where she and John Heston formed Eastern Sierra News Service in Inyo County. They fed film to KNXT in Los Angeles and co-wrote and produced the first daily radio news in the Eastern Sierra. Their work ranged from a published news magazine to the first television newscast. They continued to provide videotaped news to KABC and other news outlets. After a seat on the Mammoth Times board and work as newswriter, Benett formed her own company, Sierra Broadcasters and launched an FM radio station, now KSRW and a broadcast television station, KSRW-TV33. The latest addition - Sierrawave.net. Her company motto: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.